Filmmaker Submit

As we further our mission to “champion the little films,” we are (super) excited to be launching our online VIMOOZ Cinema platform for independent films, documentary and foreign films.

We are now accepting independent filmmaker submissions of feature length films (minimum of 55 minutes) in any genre. All films participate in generous revenue share and are eligible to compete for our annual Jury Awards and/or Audience Awards with cash prizes. *Short films may be submitted for TVOD as part of a grouped package or as part of SVOD channel.

Films are streamed on our site and apps, any may be removed at the filmmaker’s request at any time, however this may affect your eligibility for awards and prizes.

Filmmakers are encouraged to sell any tie-in additional related products including DVDs and merchandise to leverage interest in their film.

General Information

⊕ You can make money on your film(s) in multiple ways:

• TVOD (Transactional video on demand) – Sell each film individually – the viewer pays a one-time fee to view your content, and may watch on demand / at any time)
• SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) – Publish a channel of film content and charge a recurring monthly subscription fee.
• AVOD (Advertising-based Video on Demand)* –  Free for viewers to watch and you earn advertising revenue – Advertisements are integrated into the viewing experience, appearing before, during, and after the video content. (*not yet available for submissions)
• Virtual Cinema – (similar to TVOD) You set a specific time(s) when viewers can watch your film (similar to movie theatre times format); film will start at that specific time and will otherwise not be available for viewing.
• DVD
• Hybrid – Yes, you can have some films TVOD / DVD / SVOD (you will be required to create a separate profile for SVOD content).
• Merchandise – You may sell any kind merchandise related to your film including t-shirts, posters etc

⊕ Film listing – Your film receives a complete film profile with *trailer. (All film listings must include a trailer)

⊕ Filmmaker page profile: You receive a page profile displaying all of your content.

⊕ Viewing – Films are viewable on all formats including desktop, mobile and TV apps including Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV.

⊕ Price – Set your own price. For TVOD, all films are priced for 48 hour viewing.

⊕ Non-exclusive – You are free to pause, remove your film/content at any time

⊕ You get paid

• For Streaming, you keep 75% of the movie on demand sales.
• For DVD and merchandise transactions, we will take and process the order transaction – you will receive automatic notification, and will be responsible for shipping the DVD or merchandise to the customer. There are NO upfront or listing fees, you keep 90% of the DVD and other merchandise sales.
• Receive payments on a monthly (at the end of each month) schedule. 

⊕ Receive instant real-time notification of all transactions via email and in your filmmaker dashboard.

Security for Streaming

Our videos are secured using a combination of streaming the video files plus adding end to end encryption. Such protection is supported by HLS protocol – the HLS stream is encrypted. Even if you are able to download the movie, you will only see a black screen. 

HLS

HLS (HTTP Live Stream) is a streaming protocol developed by Apple Inc. mainly for their iOS devices and Safari browser. The protocol is also supported by video players with Flash engine fallback, on newer Android devices (introduced in 3.0 – Honeycomb) and with the use of HLS.js, on all browsers that use the MSE specification. 

Rules & Terms

Filmmakers must agree to our terms and conditions.

Subtitles: Non-English language Films (the original version of the film is in a language other than English) must also provide subtitles in a simple TXT file with extension .vtt. You may also add subtitles in multiple languages, also provided as a TXT file with extension .vtt.

Get Started

Create an account and select “I want to create a Filmmaker Account”

Submit the film details

You will receive separate emails on how to upload the film and trailer (your film must have a trailer)